Pulse Glass
*As read on BBC Radio 4''s Book of the Week*
''A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount'' Sunday Telegraph
A toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient''s heartbeat before pocket watches... Gillian Tindall, one of our most admired domestic h...
*As read on BBC Radio 4''s Book of the Week*
''A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount'' Sunday Telegraph
A toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient''s heartbeat before pocket watches... Gillian Tindall, one of our most admired domestic h...
